Volume LXXVIII, Number 40
Survival of Railway Club In Rocky Hill Depends on Sale of Home . . . . . . . 5 PHS Scholarship Fund Receives $110K from Estate of Art Teacher Dave Mackey . . . . . . . 7 Documentary About Brian Eno is One-Time Event at Garden Theatre . . . . . . 8 After Earning 1st Victory as A Varsity 15s Program, PU Women’s Rugby Pushing For More Success . . . . 28 Sparked by Scoring Surge From Senior Star Breitman, PHS Boys’ Soccer Catching Fire, Improving to 6-1-2 . . . 30
On Wallace Stevens’s Birthday: Blackbirds, Mountains, Cities, and Cathedrals . . . . . . . . 19 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 24 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 25 Classifieds . . . . . . . 37, 38 Education and Recreation . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . 16, 17 New To Us . . . . . . . . . 26 Nonprofit Spotlight . . . 20 Obituaries . . . . . . . 35, 36 Performing Arts . . . . . 22 Police Blotter . . . . . . . 12 Real Estate . . . . . . 37-39 Religion . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Topics of the Town . . . . 5 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Local Events Educate And Raise Funds to Fight Breast Cancer When it comes to breast cancer, the statistics tell the story. According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, one in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed in her lifetime. In 2024, an estimated 310,720 women and 2,800 men will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. But there is hope. The five-year survival rate for breast cancer diagnosed at the localized stage is 99 percent. Thanks to better screening, increased awareness, and improving treatment options, breast cancer rates have slowly gone down since 1989 — an overall decrease of 43 percent through 2020. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Local efforts to combat the disease include Let’s Talk About Breast Cancer on October 14 from 4-6 p.m. at the Witherspoon Hall parking lot, sponsored by the Princeton Health Department, Princeton Human Services, and Move Over Breast Cancer; and the 7th Annual Beyond Pink Art Show fundraiser on October 24 at MarketFair, sponsored by the YWCA Princeton’s Breast Cancer Resource Center (BCRC). Artworks from that event remain on view through October 27. The October 14 gathering is designed to provide information about prevention, detection, and treatment options. Princeton Council is also scheduled to read a proclamation at its meeting that evening. The Beyond Pink event is BCRC’s major fundraiser of the year. The 52-year-old organization offers free and low-cost support services for women and men living with, through, and beyond the disease. The BCRC provided more than 8,000 services to the public last year. This year so far, that number has risen to 10,000. “The more we can educate and make people aware of breast cancer and its symptoms, and what resources are available, the better it is,” said Rose Wong, the YWCA’s CEO. “Everybody knows somebody who has either had breast cancer, passed away from it, or is struggling with it. We provide a huge amount of support and wraparound services, which is part of our overall mission.” The Beyond Pink Art Show opens with a party where works of art inspired by breast cancer survivors and others affected by cancer are on display. “We welcome any artist at any level. They don’t have to be survivors. They can be Continued on Page 10
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Sustainable Princeton Reports Progress on CAP Sustainable Princeton, working with municipal officials to meet the demands of Princeton’s Climate Action Plan (CAP), delivered a progress report at the September 23 Princeton Council meeting, zeroing in on two specific actions: evaluating, and implementing a plan for, waste streams; and reducing emissions in the built environment. CAP, adopted five years ago, includes five different categories, 13 objectives, and more than 80 actions to be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, preserve environmental quality, and enhance public health and safety. The Sustainable Princeton presenters, Executive Director Christine Symington and Program Managers Jenny Ludmer and Alex Dill, pointed out significant progress achieved in working towards the CAP goals. In the materials management category, the stated “community vision” is that “all Princeton community members are aware of the carbon emissions of the resources they use.” The action which Sustainable Princeton and the municipality are currently taking, said Symington, is to evaluate all waste streams (solid waste, recycling, food, leaf and brush, electronics, etc.) from all sectors (residential,
commercial, and institutional) and implement a plan to save money and reduce emissions. In 2022, with the assistance of DeFeo Associates environmental consultants, Princeton launched a new solid waste program with a cart-based system with 64-gallon carts collected weekly, along with a bulk waste collection weekly by reservations. Councilman Leighton Newlin thanked Sustainable Princeton and the municipal
engineering department for the bulk waste -by-reservation program. “It has improved the quality of life, especially for those of us who live in the more densely populated neighborhoods,” he said. Ludmer stated that in 2023 Princeton collected 5,075 tons of solid waste. She went on to note that in the area of leaf, branch, and log collection, following the completion in 2022 of a program study by DeFeo Associates, Sustainable Princeton had offered six recommendations Continued on Page 12
Hispanic Heritage Month in Princeton Offers Cultural and Educational Events
National Hispanic Heritage Month extends from September 15 to October 15, a time to “celebrate the histories, cultures, and contributions of those living in America whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America,” as stated in a September 9 Princeton Council proclamation. Princeton and the surrounding area offer many opportunities to join the celebrations. The Arts Council of Princeton (ACP), the Princeton Public Library (PPL), McCarter Theatre, Princeton University, and local schools, as well as the Latin
American Legal Defense and Education Fund (LALDEF) in Trenton, are presenting a variety of entertaining and edifying activities to engage the community and respond to Princeton Mayor Mark Freda’s “call upon the people of Princeton to join in this special observance by seeking out celebrations, educational programs, and community activities to learn more about the role Hispanic and Latino Americans have played in our nation’s history.” McCarter Theatre, which presented the legendary Ballet Hispanico on Continued on Page 14
CATCHING ON: Princeton University receiver Luke Colella hauls in a 37-yard touchdown pass from Blaine McAllister last Saturday as Princeton hosted Howard in its home opener. The Tigers jumped out to a 7-0 lead on Colella’s TD and went on to defeat the Bison 30-13 to improve to 1-1. For more details on the game, see page 27. (Photo by Steven Wojtowicz)
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